The Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, also known as the Red Army from 1918 to 1946 and the Soviet Army from 1946 to 1991, were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR and then the Soviet Union, from their beginnings in the Russian Civil War of 1917 to 1923 to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The official Red Army Day of 23 February 1918 marked the first mass draft of the Red Army in Petrograd and Moscow and the first combat action against the advancing Imperial German Army. Under the all-union military service law of September 1925 they consisted of the Red Army, the Air Forces, the Navy, the troops of the Joint State Political Directorate and the convoy guards of the union-republic NKVDs. In May 1992 Russian president Boris Yeltsin issued decrees forming the Russian Armed Forces, which subsumed much of them.
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Source Wikipedia: 7.63×25mm Mauser
Source Wikipedia: 9M14 Malyutka
Source Wikipedia: AK-47
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Source Wikipedia: Danuvia 43M submachine gun
Source Wikipedia: GShG-7.62 machine gun
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Source Wikipedia: KV tank family
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were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917-1922) and the Soviet Union (1922-1991)
Wikipedia article, founding date
The official Red Army Day of February 23, 1918, marked the day of the first mass draft of the Red Army in Petrograd and Moscow
Wikipedia article, lead section (service branches)
the Soviet Armed Forces consisted of the Red Army, the Air Forces, the Navy
Fought In: Russian Civil War, Wikipedia article text
from their beginnings in the Russian Civil War of 1917-1923
Fought In: Winter War, Wikipedia article text
The Winter War began when the Soviet Union attacked Finland on 30 November 1939
Fought In: Korean War, Wikipedia article text
During the Korean War, the Soviet Air Forces directly fought against United States and United Nations Command (UNC) forces.
View the Source Wikipedia: Panzer IV
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Infobox used_by field: Nazi GermanyRomaniaTurkeyHungaryBulgariaItaly FinlandSpainCroatiaUSSRFranceSyria
Wikipedia: KV tank family
WikipediaOperates: KV-1, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: Poland, Soviet Union, Finland (captured)
Operates: KV tank family, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: Poland, Soviet Union, Finland (captured)
View the Source Wikipedia: Matilda II
WikipediaOperates: Matilda II Tank, Infobox, used_by fieldQuote, Operates: Matilda II Tank, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: United Kingdom Australia Canada Soviet Union Nazi Germany (captured) Egypt
Wikipedia: 7.63×25mm Mauser
Operates: 7.63×25mm Mauser, Infobox, used_by fieldQuote, Operates: 7.63×25mm Mauser, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: Germany, Soviet Union, China, Spain and Finland
Wikipedia: 152 mm gun-howitzer D-20
Operates: 152 mm gun-howitzer D-20, Infobox, used_by fieldQuote, Operates: 152 mm gun-howitzer D-20, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: Soviet Union, many others
Wikipedia: GShG-7.62 machine gun
Operates: GShG-7.62 machine gun, Infobox, used_by fieldQuote, Operates: GShG-7.62 machine gun, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: Soviet Union, Russia
Wikipedia: Danuvia 43M submachine gun
Operates: Danuvia 43M submachine gun, Infobox, used_by fieldQuote, Operates: Danuvia 43M submachine gun, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: HungarySoviet Union (limited use by partisans)Nazi Germany
Wikipedia: 9M14 Malyutka
WikipediaOperates: 9M14 Malyutka, Infobox, used_by fieldQuote, Operates: 9M14 Malyutka, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: Soviet Union and others
Wikipedia: R-1 tank
Operates: R-1 tank, Infobox, used_by fieldQuote, Operates: R-1 tank, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: RomaniaSoviet Union (captured)
Wikipedia: 35M rifle
Operates: 35M rifle, Infobox, used_by fieldQuote, Operates: 35M rifle, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: Kingdom of HungarySoviet UnionNazi GermanyPeople's Republic of Hungary
Wikipedia: AK-47
WikipediaOperates: AK-47, Wikipedia article textQuote, Operates: AK-47, Wikipedia article text
In early 1949, the AK was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces and used by the majority of the member states of the Warsaw Pact.
Makarov pistol, Wikipedia
Operates: Makarov PM Pistol, Wikipedia article textQuote, Operates: Makarov PM Pistol, Wikipedia article text
The PM was designed by Nikolay Makarov to replace the TT pistol, becoming the standard service pistol of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Militsiya in 1951.
Wikipedia: 2B14 Podnos
Operates: 2B14 Podnos, Wikipedia article textQuote, Operates: 2B14 Podnos, Wikipedia article text
The 2B14 was designed as a man-portable indirect fire weapon for the use by airborne and light infantry forces of the Soviet Armed Forces, but has been fielded with regular motor rifle units as well at a scale of six per battalion.
Wikipedia: RPG-29
Operates: RPG-29, Wikipedia article textQuote, Operates: RPG-29, Wikipedia article text
Adopted by the Soviet Army in 1989, it was the last RPG to be adopted by the Soviet Armed Forces before the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Wikipedia: BTR-152
Operates: BTR-152, Wikipedia article textQuote, Operates: BTR-152, Wikipedia article text
The final prototype was trialed by the Soviet Armed Forces in December 1949 and accepted into service as the BTR-152.
Wikipedia: RPO-A Shmel
Operates: RPO-A Shmel, Wikipedia article textQuote, Operates: RPO-A Shmel, Wikipedia article text
It entered service with the Soviet Armed Forces at the end of the 1980s as the successor for the RPO Rys.
Wikipedia: BA-64
Operates: BA-64, Wikipedia article textQuote, Operates: BA-64, Wikipedia article text
GAZ manufactured new parts for the existing BA-64 fleet until 1953, the last year it remained in operational service with the Soviet Armed Forces.
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